fuel odor
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fuel odor
I have a 98 A4. Lately I have noticed a fuel odor, pretty strong, after driving it. The only mods the car has is an x-pipe and cat back.
Any ideas what might be causing the fuel smell?
Thanks for any thoughts!
Rich
Any ideas what might be causing the fuel smell?
Thanks for any thoughts!
Rich
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I had the same problem and my pass. side fuel tank had a crack in it at the top. It was literally spraying out fuel when the system would pressurize and I had a full tank. You might want to check it out could be pretty serious.
Tyler
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Is there an easy way to check this? Should I be seeing fuel on the garage floor if it was leaking from a cracked tank?
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It smelled like fuel really bad every time I would top off the tank and every time I got in the car it seemed like it had 1/8 of a tank less than the last time I drove it. I had my mechanic fix it but he said you could see leak when the car was on a lift. and he was poking around up there.
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had the same issue as above...check it out.
